Jurgen Klopp has claimed keeping his Liverpool team together for another crack at the Premier League title this season has been THE transfer business of the summer.
But he reckons warding off predators to keep his Holy Trinity of Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane along with £75million defender Virgil van Dijk at Anfield beats any new signings hands down. “Divock Origi has a new contract and all the others have stayed – THAT is transfer business” blasted Klopp. “I know people smile and even laugh about it, that’s just how it is.“And they don’t throw nuts – they have money as well! It’s like this.
“We have fresh blood and fresh legs. Naby Keita is pretty much a new player, Oxlade too, Brewster is a new player, Divock Origi is a new player.“But we cannot buy the quality we have up front every summer and say ‘come on, we are bringing another one in of this quality’.Liverpool face Pep Guardiola’s champions in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday on the back of a mixed pre-season hampered by players arriving late after the Copa America and Africa Cup of Nations.